Classic template
Cross-Section
The subject cut cleanly open, lit like a specimen and marked up like an engineering drawing.
- food
- teardowns
- DIY
- science
- how it's made
- Built for the hook
- Cut open The inside of something nobody has seen.
- Also serves
- The tiny detail · The question
- You fill in
- Only your title and what the picture should show.
- Your photo
- No photo
16:9 for YouTube, 9:16 for Shorts, Reels and TikTok: you choose when you start, and can switch.
About Cross-Section
Cross-Section is for food channels, teardown and repair creators, DIY builders, science explainers and how-it's-made videos. The subject is cut cleanly in half, lit like a museum specimen and marked up like an engineering drawing. Seeing the inside of something you only know from the outside is irresistible, and the technical styling makes the thumbnail feel worth studying.
Use it when the video opens something up: a cake, a phone, a golf ball. Give it a title of up to 32 characters that names what was opened. The cut-open subject is generated for you, so it doesn't use your photo. If the drawing says enough on its own, turn words off. The specimen fits a 16:9 YouTube frame and a 9:16 frame for Shorts, Reels and TikTok.
Tip: pick something everyone has held but never seen inside; familiarity is what makes the cut surprising.
